Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market

Monitoring of radiocaesium content in imported cultivated and forest fruits for the production of foods intended for the Bulgarian market and for export was carried out in the period 2021-2022. The specific activity of the radionuclide determined in all samples was below the maximum permissible...

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Main Authors: Radoslava Lazarova, Milena Hristozova, Ivanka Yordanova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bulgarian Soil Science Society 2023-10-01
Series:Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science
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Online Access:https://www.bsss.bg/issues/Issue2_2023/BJSS_2023_2_3.pdf
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Milena Hristozova
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description Monitoring of radiocaesium content in imported cultivated and forest fruits for the production of foods intended for the Bulgarian market and for export was carried out in the period 2021-2022. The specific activity of the radionuclide determined in all samples was below the maximum permissible value of 600 Bq/kg, specified in EU regulation 2020/1158, being in the cultivated fruits below the minimum detectable activity (MDA). In forest fruits, the highest content of radiocaesium was measured in bilberries, followed by cranberries and the wild blackberries. Relatively higher values of the specific activity of Cs-137 were measured in bilberry samples imported from Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.
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spelling doaj.art-92b1b97ff3b24c07b10b3e0a9701b5c62023-12-02T12:10:08ZengBulgarian Soil Science SocietyBulgarian Journal of Soil Science2534-87872367-92122023-10-018211311810.5281/zenodo.10207598Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian MarketRadoslava Lazarova0Milena Hristozova1Ivanka Yordanova2Nikola Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, BulgariaN. Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, BulgariaN. Poushkarov” Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, BulgariaMonitoring of radiocaesium content in imported cultivated and forest fruits for the production of foods intended for the Bulgarian market and for export was carried out in the period 2021-2022. The specific activity of the radionuclide determined in all samples was below the maximum permissible value of 600 Bq/kg, specified in EU regulation 2020/1158, being in the cultivated fruits below the minimum detectable activity (MDA). In forest fruits, the highest content of radiocaesium was measured in bilberries, followed by cranberries and the wild blackberries. Relatively higher values of the specific activity of Cs-137 were measured in bilberry samples imported from Ukraine, Belarus and Poland.https://www.bsss.bg/issues/Issue2_2023/BJSS_2023_2_3.pdfradiocaesiumradioactivity of berries
spellingShingle Radoslava Lazarova
Milena Hristozova
Ivanka Yordanova
Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science
radiocaesium
radioactivity of berries
title Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
title_full Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
title_fullStr Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
title_full_unstemmed Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
title_short Content of Radiocaesium in Imported Fruits Sold on the Bulgarian Market
title_sort content of radiocaesium in imported fruits sold on the bulgarian market
topic radiocaesium
radioactivity of berries
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